Tag Archives: FTC
FTC Focused on Promoting Competition
SHARE: The biggest difference between the State Boards of Accountancy and the Federal Trade Commission is the FTC approaches everything through a filter of promoting competition, Tara Isa Koslov, Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the FTC, observed. “In the North Carolina Dental case there was some distrust: Why is the FTC budding in?…
FTC Report Showcases CPA Mobility
SHARE: The Federal Trade Commission released its staff report on “Options to Enhance Occupational License Portability” in September, including a description of the provisions that were added to the Uniform Accountancy Act to enhance interstate mobility for CPAs. The FTC comments: “Although the ULC [Uniform Law Commission] has not undertaken any projects on occupational licensure…
New FTC Economic Liberty Task Force
State Board Report March 2017 Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen has created the Economic Liberty Task Force to focus on occupational licensing regulations. Speaking on February 23 to George Mason University’s Law School, Ms. Ohlhausen reported that one of the first things the new Task Force will do is create a “special area…